Signs of separation

There’s probably not enough space on this site, if indeed on the entire Internet for me to fully express my antipathy towards BBC Breakfast. For a long time I put this down to regular presenter Sian Williams who, I’ve concluded, I actually have a physical allergy to. But now she seems to have vanished (I assumed at first she’d been eagerly headhunted by The Daily Express, but I fear instead she may be reproducing) and I can’t help but notice that the programme is just as offensive without her - though with less insane giggling.

Last week they were inciting Middle England to contact them with their views about fireworks. Degrees of outrage (obviously) varied, but all seemed to agree that maybe a few fireworks on Guy Fawkes Night might be ok, but setting them off two weeks ahead of the date was mere anti-social thuggishness. This went on and on and no-one at any point mentioned that Diwali fell on October 21st, or Eid ul Fitr on October 23rd – or that anyone in the UK might have the temerity to be celebrating anything other than the failure of a Catholic plot. In my imagination this item led seamlessly into an outraged discussion of how Muslims were separating themselves off from mainstream British culture…or maybe it was just another item on Strictly Come Horse Jumping.